Timothy Maher

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Danny Leavy

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Name	Timothy Maher
Alt’ Name	Timothy J. Maher, Sergeant Timothy Maher
Location/ Birthplace	Possibly Dunkerrin/Moneygall Parish Moneygall – Wikipedia
Born	1837
Baptism Record
Year of Death	July 23rd 1884
Grave Location	Timothy J. Maher (1837-1884) – Find a Grave Memorial United States Military Academy Post Cemetery in West Point, New York – Find a Grave Cemetery
US State	New York
US Residence	Orange County, New York Orange County, New York – Wikipedia
Mother	Catherine Maher Catharine H. Maher (1815-1887) – Find a Grave Memorial
Father
Other Family	Wife: Margaret Mrs Margaret Maher (1834-1900) – Find a Grave Memorial Possible Brother, Michael Maher Also Civil War Soldier Sister: Mary Maher (Rigney) Mary Maher Rigney (1835-1892) – Find a Grave Memorial
Army	Union Army Union army – Wikipedia
Military History	First On Enlistment Register in 1853 at 17 years old and confirms birthplace as “Kings County, Ireland”. Enlisted at West Point, New York and another Soldier, Michael Maher, also enlisted there in 1858, possibly these 2 men are brothers or related in some way. Both were in the Engineer Corp and both are buried at United States Military Academy Post Cemetery in West Point, New York – Find a Grave Cemetery Timothy Maher remained in the Engineer Corp until his death from Cholera in 1884 at West Point, New York
Army Details	Co. C, US Regular Army Engineer Corp Soldier Details – The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)
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